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Christian Hengstenberg

Christian Hengstenberg

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Medicine

D-Index
113
Citations
74877
World Ranking
4830
National Ranking
22

Overview

Christian Hengstenberg is affiliated with the Medical University of Vienna in Austria. Their research predominantly focuses on medicine, with a significant number of publications centered around cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. The scientist's work extends into epidemiology, surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and molecular biology.

The primary topics of Christian Hengstenberg's research include:

  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes

Christian Hengstenberg has contributed to various recent papers, including:

  • "Safety of the oral factor XIa inhibitor asundexian compared with apixaban in patients with atrial fibrillation (PACIFIC-AF): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, double-dummy, dose-finding phase 2 study," 2022, published in The Lancet
  • "6-Month Outcomes of the TricValve System in Patients With Tricuspid Regurgitation," 2022, published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
  • "Comparison of Self-Expanding Bioprostheses for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Symptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis," 2020, published in Circulation
  • "A Multicenter, Phase 2, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Dose-Finding Trial of the Oral Factor XIa Inhibitor Asundexian to Prevent Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction," 2022, published in Circulation
  • "Light-chain and transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis in severe aortic stenosis: prevalence, screening possibilities, and outcome," 2020, published in European Journal of Heart Failure

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues including:

  • Georg Goliasch
  • Julia Mascherbauer
  • Christian Nitsche
  • Carolina Donà
  • Philipp E. Bartko

Christian Hengstenberg's work appears regularly in a set of core academic journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Circulation

Best Publications

  • Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids

    Tanya M. Teslovich;Kiran Musunuru;Albert V. Smith;Andrew C. Edmondson

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Elizabeth K. Speliotes;Cristen J. Willer;Sonja I. Berndt;Keri L. Monda

  • Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: A mendelian randomisation study

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Marju Orho-Melander;Ruth Frikke-Schmidt

  • Genomewide association analysis of coronary artery disease.

    Nilesh J. Samani;Jeanette Erdmann;Alistair S. Hall;Christian Hengstenberg

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes–based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    M Nikpay;A Goel;Won H-H.;L M Hall

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    Hana Lango Allen;Karol Estrada;Guillaume Lettre;Sonja I. Berndt

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Inke R. König;Sekar Kathiresan;Muredach P. Reilly

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Modulation of genetic associations with serum urate levels by body-mass-index in humans

    Jennifer E. Huffman;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Massimo Mangino

  • Genome-wide association of early-onset myocardial infarction with single nucleotide polymorphisms and copy number variants.

    Sekar Kathiresan;Benjamin F Voight;Shaun Purcell;Kiran Musunuru

  • Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

    E. K. Speliotes;C. J. Willer;S. I. Berndt;K. L. Monda

  • Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution

    Iris M. Heid;Anne U. Jackson;Joshua C. Randall;Tthomas W. Winkler

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

    Anna Köttgen;Anna Köttgen;Eva Albrecht;Alexander Teumer;Veronique Vitart

  • Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in failed bioprosthetic surgical valves.

    Danny Dvir;John G. Webb;Sabine Bleiziffer;Miralem Pasic

  • DNA methylation and body-mass index: a genome-wide analysis

    Katherine J Dick;Katherine J Dick;Christopher P Nelson;Christopher P Nelson;Loukia Tsaprouni;Johanna K Sandling;Johanna K Sandling

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

    Sonja I Berndt;Stefan Gustafsson;Stefan Gustafsson;Reedik Mägi;Reedik Mägi;Andrea Ganna

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    Majid Nikpay;Anuj Goel;Hong-Hee Won;Leanne M. Hall

  • Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

    H. Lango Allen;K. Estrada;G. Lettre;S. I. Berndt

Frequent Co-Authors

Heribert Schunkert
Heribert Schunkert Technical University of Munich
Nilesh J. Samani
Nilesh J. Samani University of Leicester
Jeanette Erdmann
Jeanette Erdmann University of Lübeck
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Panos Deloukas
Panos Deloukas Queen Mary University of London
Sekar Kathiresan
Sekar Kathiresan Harvard University
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Alistair S. Hall
Alistair S. Hall University of Leeds
Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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